SOLUTION: If a hammer (mass=0.45kg) is 1.7 m high on a shelf,how much potential energy does it have

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Question 1182805: If a hammer (mass=0.45kg) is 1.7 m high on a shelf,how much potential energy does it have
Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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Its potential energy  P  (in joules)  is the product

                    P = m*g*h

where  m  is the mass in kilograms,  g  is the gravity acceleration  9.81 m/s^2,   h is the height
above the reference level  (1.7  meters in this problem).


You do the rest.

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Solved.